Summary: <p>After news broke that Elon Musk is likely to purchase Twitter later this year, the billionaire began sharing a controversial vision for the app. On this week’s On the Media, hear why Musk’s plan to turn Twitter into a so-called free speech platform could spiral out of control and how urban planning can make safer digital spaces. Plus, how science fiction inspired some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful men.</p> <p>1. Anand Giridharadas [<a href="https://twitter.com/anandwrites">@AnandWrites</a>], author of <em>Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World,</em> Erika D. Smith [<a href="https://twitter.com/Erika_D_Smith?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@Erika_D_Smith</a>], LA Times columnist, and Natalie Wynn [<a href="https://twitter.com/ContraPoints?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@ContraPoints</a>], YouTuber and political commentator, on the implications and possible outcomes of Elon Musk's potential purchase of Twitter. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/uncertain-future-speech-twitter-on-the-media">Listen</a>. </p> <p>2. Eli Pariser [<a href="https://twitter.com/elipariser?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@elipariser</a>], co-director of Civic Signals, on how urban planning can manage the problems of social programing to create digital spaces that don't exploit us. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/social-media-urban-planning-on-the-media">Listen</a>. </p> <p>3. Jill Lepore, Harvard historian and staff writer at the New Yorker, Annalee Newitz [<a href="https://twitter.com/Annaleen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@Annaleen</a>], former Editor-in-Chief of Gizmodo and science fiction author, and Gene Seymour [<a href="https://twitter.com/geneseymour?lang=en">@GeneSeymour</a>], longtime cultural critic, on tech moguls' obsession with science fiction. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/origins-metaverse-science-fiction-on-the-media2">Listen</a>. </p>
